Suspender connection to stockings



Oct. 16 1923. x 1,471,301

' G. E. WINTERHALDER SUSPENDER CONNECTION TO STOCKINGS Filed March 24. 1922 1 :1 5; 8 I (y i '4 7 n u 5 5 6 E q 1 I 8 N B 7 7 I g 5 g {gjf-Eftji A mvENToR 9 5 Winierhalder:

Patented ea. ie, 1923,;

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Be it known that I, GRACE E WInTnnof British Columbia, Ganada,- have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender Connections to Stockingspof -which the following is astpecification. 7

relates to-a means for con- This invention necting astocking suspender or the like to the stocking, or tosuch other'fabric as itis desired to suspend or connect.

Devices of this kind, which are at present in the market, are positive in their grip, but subject the fabric to such severe local strain that it is rapidly torn and destroyed.

which is the subject of tl'llS The device, application, is designed to be no less eifecout undue strain on the material.

reference being following specification,

.which it is acmade to the drawings by companied, in which:

F ig; 1 is a side elevationof the device to an enlarged scale, showing it in position for ing' or other article;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the denected loop,

vice in the position of grip. Fig.4?) is a perspective 'viewJof the device in the open or release position.

Fig. 4 is a face View showing the clasp in the closed or grip position of Fig. 2. F ig. 5 shows its application as a garter or stocking support.

i 1 that the lever andbarred end loop 7 the sides are inwardly turned toward one F 1g. 6 shows in cross section the position of the fabric in the clasp to an enlarged scale. V

The device consists'of three connected cooperative parts, a lever 2, 3, 4. one end of which is connected to the flexible tape '5 of the garter orsuspender, a retaining loop ,6 connected to'the otherend 2 of the lever, and a hook 8, 9 connected to the lever intermediate its ends and extending downward its retaining. loop when straight, may lie within the bend ofthehook.

These parts,tl1e lever, the retainer and the hook, are preferably bent from relatively strong, non-corrodible wire, or from wire, coated with non-corrodible metal or with enamel. v

The lever has straight,

of. which arelatively wide, 2, from the ends Can- ends of the The invention is particularly described in i the upperedge ofthe stocko "bent at right another and are ithereafter outwardly turned are bent together and ed to the bends 3 of the lever member. The

length of the hook from its connections to the bends 3 of the levermember to the in.- slide of'its bend 9 is such that when'the lever and the retainer are pressed against the shank of the hook, they will be straight and will eXert suflicient V iainkthe fabric of the stocking tightly in the and the end-of the hook and the end of the retainer are increased slightly in width to afi'ord an a ple bearing contact with the fabric.

only retained in'the. hook by the straightening or toggle action of the lever and itsconbut the tensionofthe suspender tends to hold it in that i may be, and the fabric is not *unduly stretched .or strained in suchretention.

Having' now vention, I hereby declare that what I claim as new and deslre to be protected in my Letters Patent, is:

1. A Suspender fastening, comprising a wire loop, the loop end of which is bent to form a hook and the free ends ofwhich are bent to form eyes," a lever member bent to form a'loop, the loop end of which is a theloop and the wire is offset inward and passed 1 eyes of the. hook, a tubular sleeve'fitted on the in wardlv'tu'rned free ends of the lever member, an a retaining member'bent as a loop, the slightly convexed loop end of which is wider than the loop'ofthe hook and the free ends of which are bent as eyes to fit on the stralght bar of the lever member.

intermediate endwisepressur'e to rewit I The width of'the hock e; 9 i s less than. 1 s that of the lever 2, 4 and of the retainer 6, 1

n willbe noticed that theifabric is not s 5 retaining positionv 3 against any tendency to release that there '90 particularly described my in-: r

2. A smspe'nder fastening, comprisinga straight bar and? the freeendsl of which are j angles toward one another and free endthe through the i hook member to need of a loop of wire, the loop end of which is upwardly turned to form a hook, and the free ends of which are bent to form eyes, a lever member of wire formed as a loop,'the loop end of which is a straight bar longer thanthe width of the hook member and the free ends of which are inwardly turned toward one another and intermediate the loop and the inwardly turned ends the wire isinwardly turned to form shoulders fitting the eyes of the hook, a tubular sleeve connecting the inwardly turned ends of the lever, and member of wire formed as a loop, the loop end of which is wider than that of the hook, and is slightly convexed, the free ends of which retaining member are turned to form eyes around the'bar of the lever member.

to form a hook and the it retaining 3. A suspender fastening, comprising loop of Wire, the loop' end of which is bent free ends of which are'bent to form eyes, a lever member bent to form a loop, the loop end Of which is a straight bar having a length greater than the width between the sides out the loop of the hook, the free ends of which are inwardly turned toward one another and the sides of which, intermediate the loop andthe in wardly turned ends, are pivoted in the eyes of the hook, a tubular sleeve connecting the a inwardly, turned ends of the lever member, and a retaining loop, the free ends of which are pivotally connected to the loop end of the lever member.

In testiinony'whereof 1 afiix my signature.

- GRACE "WINTERHALDEX 

